Shipping-case.



K1. HERMAN.

SHIPPING CASE.

PPLIGATION FILED NOV. 16,1911. a Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

:UNITED 'STATES PATENT onirica.'

KARL I. HERMAN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Patented Mai'. 5, 1912.

clenched against the goods themselves, and this clenching operation isdittieult to effect properly, besides that it is not possible toSHIPPINGTGASE.

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11.019,47] Specification of Letters Patent. 'Sfrl Application fixedNovember 16, 1911. serial No. 660,660.

l' To 'all whom 'it may concern.' Y l Be it known that I, KARL l.HiiniIAN, a a feit-izen of the United States, residing at Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State fot' Illinois, have invented new and usefull'1Improvements in Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a full,clear, concise, and Xaclt description, reference being had to theaccompanying d'rawing,'forming a part of l his-specification.

My invention pertains to shipping cases, and particularly teA suchy 'asare made.` of -"-solid liber board, corrugated fiber board, or similarmaterial; y `f"-`-It is a desirable feature in shipping casesitha'titlie case shall be of such a construction that itc'aimot beopened-for instance, in transit without evidence being left that mi"tlie`case has been tampered with.V From ".'time to time variousconstructions of shipping eases have been devised with this end in view.For instance, it has been proposed Lto thread a cord through a -seriesot' aper- 'ltures in the cover oi' the case, passing the 'fcoid`beneaththe bottom ot' the case and hringing its ends together under a seal.This construction is not. entirely sate when Iother safeguarding meansare not employed; moreover it is subject. to the disadvantage '-that themanner of placing` the cord is such that enough timeinust he 'taken inweaving *itin and out of the various holes7 to cause considerableexpense when the cases are be- TFU ing shipped in large quantities. Ithas also been lfnoposed to .secure the case to tl1e`lid bv means otrivets` the rivets extending from the inside ot' the case to theoutside. 'This construction does not completely fultil :its object` torthe reason that the rivets may' 40 be Lwithdrawn, the case opened andre.-

elosed and the rivet-heads placed'back in Ithe-original rivet holeswithout leaving any evidence, except such as would require-the determinewhether the rivetshave been eliieiently clenched or not. A

lt is the objectof my invent-ion to pr.o-

due-e a shipping case ot' such a construction that. once having beenclosed, it cannot' be reopened without suoli evidence being left aswouldl be noticeable upon an ordinary examination of the easel i lt afurther lobject of niy invention to provide a shippingl case ofthischaracter which will be of a simple, economical and strong`construction. 1 One embodimentl of my invention, which l have chosenasiepresentative of the forms which the inventionmayr take, is shown inthe accompanying.drawings. In this embodiment, the case consists of abody poi'- tioii, which I shall hereafter refer to as the container. anda cover, the container and the cover being provided with external fiaps.extending diagonally outward. These flaps, when riveted through, serveto secure the walls of the case in position, and to secure thecover tothe container.

I wish it to be clearly understood that the construction shown is onlyone of many forms which-my invention may take, and that the inventionmay be embodied in other constructions of shipping case, Within thescope ot the appended claims.

In the drawings: 'Figure l1 is a partial plan showing a port-ion ot theblank einployed in producing vthe container; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the container made up and packed with the articles to be tshipped, and the cover in place above the fe 1rmost-careful scrutiny,that thc case had i been tampered with. -The (ainstruction in `whichthelid is secured to the body otthe case by rivets extending from theinside of the case to the outside, is open to the fur- 'container readyto be shi-it down thereon and riveted iii place; and Fig. 3 is a per-.speetive view showing the packed sbippinfr case in its completedcondition.

.Referring now to F ig. l of the drawings,

10 indicates a blank having formed therein creases 1l 'so placed as todivide the blank i into acentral panel 12 t'irming tliebottom l of thecontainer, two end panels 123i forming ther objection that the rivetsmust be the ends of the container, and two side anels 14 -orming thesides ofthe container.

tainer. In order to produce the container,`

the panels 13 and 14 arel bent upwardly along the creases 11 until theyassume, with the cent-ral panel 12, a box-like form. The flaps 13 and 14are bent outwardly along the creases 11, so as to extend diagonallyoutward from the cornersI of the container. In order conveniently tohold the ends 13 of the container to the sides 14 during the packingoperation, the flaps 13 and'14 may be secured together by means ofrivets 15 (Fig. 2). By this means, a container is produced of box-likeform, the upper end being open ready to receive the goods which thecompleted shipping case is to contain.

' The shipping ease which I have shown 'is particularly adapted for theshipping of ei ar boxes or the like.

he cover is formedfrom a blank of a similar nature to the blank employedinthe production of the container, although', of-

course, of somewhat larger dimensions; it

comprises a top 16, ends 17, and sides 18,

the ends 17 and sides 18 being provided with flaps 17 and 18l resectively, similar to the fiaps 13 and 14*.0 the container. When thecontainer has been packed with the goods it is to receive the cover isplaced over it, as shown in Fig. 2, the ends 17 and sides 18 being bentdown over the ends 13 and sides'14 of the container, and the Haps 17ELand 18 being bent outward so as to lie against the outwardly extendingiaps' 13L and 14. When the cover has been placed in position in thismanner, rivets 19 are placed through the entire thickness of the flaps18, 14, 13aL and 17thereby securely fastening the cover to thecontainer. It will be ob.- served that the case-having' been'completedin'this manner, both ends of each rivet are visible, so that it isimpossible to remove a rivet Without the fact of such removal haw` ingtaken place showing clearly.

The embodiment ofmy invention, which I have shown in the drawings,includes a scaling cord; but, in some of the uses of my invention I maydispense with this cord. When the sealing cord is employed, means foraccommodating it areprovided as lfollows: Formed in the fiaps 13 and 14of the container are holes 13b and 14", and the flaps 17'L and 18 of thecover are likewise formed with holes 17" and 18". The holes 13", 14",17b and 18b are so arranged that when the case is assembled, as shown inFig. 3, all of these holes will coincide. When the cover has been placedupon the container and riveted in position to complete cord through theholes is a very simplel matter and can be performed very quickly.

The case constructed fin accordance with my invention is very simple anddurable, and it may be manufactured and put toxgether at a low cost;moreover, once closed, 'it cannot be opened lSithout a number of therivets bein removed nd if such rivets are removed, t ey can ot bereplaced wit-hout :leaving evidences of the fact. Of course, if thesealing cord is em loyed, the case cannot be opened without reaking thecord or disturbing the seal. It is to' be noted that-. 1 have shown theends and sides of the cover of such depth as to completely hide the endsand sides of the container; but this embodiment of my invention may bevaried by" making the cover of a less depth than the container.Moreover, it is not essential to secure together the ends and sides ofthe containerliy means of the rivets 15, as shown. If desired, the endsand sides of the container may simply be heldin place around thecontents of the case by hand, and secured when the rivets 19 are placedthrough the flaps to fasten the cover to the container.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,`is:

1. A shipping`c`ase comprising a sheet of material having a lcenterpanel and four outer panels, the outer panels fbeing bent up to form theends'and lsidesl of a container Aand being provided with securing flapsat the outer edges arranged to extend diagonally outward; a second sheetof material having a center panel and fourl outer panels, the outerpanels being bent up to form the ends and sides of a cover and beingprovided with securing flaps similar to the securing flaps ofthecontainer and adapted to lie adjacent thereto; and means for finallysecuring the fiaps of the container andthe casing together, thereby toseal the "ase, for the purposes set forth.

2. A shipping case comprising a sheet of material having a center paneland four outer panels, the-outer panels being bent up to form the endsand sides of a container and being provided with securing flaps at `theouter edges arranged to extend diagonally outward; a second sheet ofmaterial having a center panel and fourlouter panels,

the outer panels being benlv up to form the ends and sides of a coverand being prol vided with securing aps similar to the se- In Witnesswhereof, I have hereunto subcurin aps of the container and adapted toscribed my name in the presence of two witlie agjacent thereto;` meansfor finally Senesses. vcuring the aps of the container and the KARL I.HERMAN. 5 casing together thereby to seal the case; and Witnesses: asealing cord passing through'the aps of MABEL REYNOLDS,

Y the container and the caslng. C. E. KANE.

